Elizabeth

Main Causes Of Poverty

1). Changes in Farming- Farmers started to have live stock, instead of growing crops

2). Collapse of The Cloth Trade- collapsed because the Netherlands stopped supplying it to us, because of King Philip (Spain) telling them too. 10,000 people out of work

3). Rising Population- Increasing after black death, more demand for resources which put prices up. E.g food and clothes. Resulting in less jobs being available as there more people

These are the most important because with no job you can't earn any income.

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3 Types of Poor

Impotent Poor- Were not able to work through incurable illness

Poor- Who couldn't work through misfortune e.g wounded solider

Idle Poor- Able to work, but chose not too.

Vagabonds: Wandering Beggars who were fit and strong, but deliberately avoided work. the travelled in groups around the country robbing, stealing and begging. Ordinary people were terrified by them. They where the worst Idle Poor- Elizabethan people despised them

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To what extent did Elizabeth solve the problem of

Elizabeth's Privy Councillors were often told by JP'S and MP'S that poverty was not just a local problem but was growing throughout the country

It became increasingly obvious that people were genuinely unable to work and needed help.